{"id":8135,"date":"2024-12-14T22:26:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T22:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/lewis-crocker-v-paddy-donovan-belfast-bout-set-for-1-march\/"},"modified":"2024-12-14T22:26:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T22:26:06","slug":"lewis-crocker-v-paddy-donovan-belfast-bout-set-for-1-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/lewis-crocker-v-paddy-donovan-belfast-bout-set-for-1-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Crocker v Paddy Donovan: Belfast bout set for 1 March"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Belfast boxer Lewis Crocker will take on Limerick’s Paddy Donovan in a headline welterweight fight at the SSE Arena on Saturday, 1 March.<\/b><\/p>\n

Both fighters will put their unbeaten professional records on the line in the Matchroom Boxing contest in Belfast.<\/p>\n

Crocker has a record of 20 wins, 11 of which have come by knockout, the last coming in January as he stopped Jose Felix in the fifth round.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old,who has held the WBO European welterweight title and the WBA Continental European title, beat Conah Walker on points in his last fight in June.<\/p>\n

Donovan has an equally impressive record, with 11 knockouts from 14 fights, stopping Lewis Ritson in the ninth round in his most recent bout in May.<\/p>\n

Crocker had stated after his win against Felix at the start of the year that “everything had to be right”<\/a> for both him and Donovan to meet in the ring, but that they were “willing to fight each other.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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